September 07, 2008

Statistics of US scrap exports

YIEH reported that US export of H1 scrap was 236,000 tonnes and the export of shredded scrap totaled 502,000 tonnes.
US H1 scrap exported in October 2007 are
1. Malaysia was 53,000 tonnes
2. Turkey was 49,000 tonnes
3. South Korea was 39,000 tonnes
4. Taiwan was 38,000 tonnes.

From January to October 2007, H1 scrap export totaled around 2.69 million tonnes up by 22% and shredded scrap export totaled 3.99 million tonnes with a rise of 451% YoY as compared to January to October 2006.